ESPN12y
Koufax's dominance was short but sweet
Actually, he would let you look at it. And you still couldn't hit it," says Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays about Sandy Koufax on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. If one were to put ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4mon
Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?
We spoke to a man who swears he sat behind the legendary pitcher at Temple of Aaron in Minnesota. If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
10 Jewish baseball players from history who you may not know (but should)
signed Sandy Koufax, team owner Walter O’Malley said that he hoped Koufax could be as good as Hank Greenberg or Sid Gordon. During a game against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1949, he was hit with ...
Sun Sentinel22d
Former Marlins manager Jeff Torborg, who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social m ...